Transfer to Teaching: Accelerated STEM Teacher Preparation from Community College to Credential

转入教学：加速 STEM 教师从社区学院到证书的准备

• 批准号: 1950008
• 负责人: Jessica Pratt
• 金额: $ 119.57万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950008&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transfer; Teaching; Accelerated; STEM; Teacher

This project aims to serve the national need for growing and diversifying the STEM teaching workforce. Specifically, this project will work with local community colleges to promote the entry and success of community college students in CalTeach, the University’s STEM teaching credential program. Within two years after transfer, the community college students will earn a Bachelor of Science degree and single subject teaching credential in mathematics or science. Supporting these students as Noyce Scholars will accelerate the pathway from community college to credentialed STEM teaching. The project will offer cross-enrollment opportunities in lower division CalTeach courses for community college students. It will also provide Noyce scholarships to transfer students in the CalTeach Program and support incoming transfer students through a week-long Summer STEM Research Institute for Future Teachers.This project at the University of California-Irvine is a collaboration between the Schools of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Education, working in partnership with four local community colleges: Cerritos, Santa Ana, Mt. San Antonio, and Santiago Canyon. The Santa Ana Unified School District and the Unity Middle College High School and other area districts also serve as partner districts. Despite its diverse population, Southern California has some of the most inequitable and segregated school districts in the nation. The project’s main goals are to enable transfer students to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree and teaching credential in four years and to prepare and deploy K-12 teachers who reflect and understand the communities in which they teach. This program will support at least 24 pre-service teachers over five years. It has the potential to improve equity and access in Southern California’s school districts, to increase interest of students in STEM students, and place more highly effective teachers into in high-need schools. The project’s broader impacts include scholarships and an accelerated program to support undergraduate transfer students' pursuit of a teaching credential. In addition, it will place highly trained student teachers in high-need districts and increase the number of high-quality, credentialed teachers from underrepresented backgrounds. Project evaluation by external evaluators will determine whether the project meets its goals and whether the program can serve as a model for other institutions. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在满足国家对STEM教学队伍增长和多样化的需求。具体而言，该项目将与当地社区学院合作，促进社区学院学生进入CalTeach（该大学的STEM教学证书计划）并取得成功。在转学后的两年内，社区学院的学生将获得理学学士学位和数学或科学的单科教学证书。支持这些学生作为诺伊斯学者将加速从社区大学到认证STEM教学的途径。该项目将为社区学院的学生提供交叉注册低年级CalTeach课程的机会。加州大学欧文分校的这个项目是生物科学学院、物理科学学院和教育学院之间的合作，与四所当地社区学院合作：喜瑞都学院、圣安娜学院、蒙大拿州立大学、加州大学欧文分校、加州大学欧文分校和加州大学欧文分校。圣安东尼奥和圣地亚哥峡谷。圣安娜联合学区和团结中学高中和其他地区也作为伙伴区。尽管人口多样化，南加州有一些最不公平和隔离的学区在全国。该项目的主要目标是使转学生能够在四年内毕业并获得理学学士学位和教学证书，并准备和部署反映和了解他们所教社区的K-12教师。该计划将在五年内支持至少24名职前教师。 它有可能改善南加州学区的公平性和入学机会，提高学生对STEM学生的兴趣，并将更多高效的教师安置在高需求的学校。该项目更广泛的影响包括奖学金和加速计划，以支持本科转学生追求教学证书。此外，它将把训练有素的实习教师安置在高需求地区，并增加来自代表性不足背景的高质量、有证书的教师人数。 由外部评估人员进行的项目评估将确定项目是否达到目标，以及该计划是否可以作为其他机构的典范。这个轨道1：奖学金和津贴项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。